Vacation time! If you own a vacation home, you may be wondering how you can prepare your space so that you and your guests can feel free to bring bulging suitcases and still have plenty of storage to make vacation time a breeze.

This time of year, our team at Modular Closets hears from clients who love the closet system solutions we’ve designed for their primary residences and are now wondering how they can best organize their vacation homes.

If you’re looking for smart, stylish ways to maximize storage for your vacation getaway, consider these 3 strategies:

1. Entryway Design

A successful entryway is one where everyone can easily drop everything the moment they come through the door and just relax.

Depending on how you like to vacation, you may have different needs for your entryway.  If you have a beach home, you may want to have immediate shelf space for flip flops, sunglasses, and beach bags.  If you vacation home is a cabin up in the mountains, you may want storage for hiking gear or mountain bikes.

Custom shelving is one of the best ways you can utilize your wall space, so that clutter doesn’t pile up on the floor. You can create a system of open shelves and hooks so that it’s easy to store bags, coolers, blankets, hats, and jackets. A drawer or two gives you a go-to spot for keys, id tags, and everyday outdoor necessities like sunscreen.

Not only does such a system make it easy to know where everything goes, it frees up floor space for any larger items you may need to store.

2. Linen Closet Storage

If you want you and your guests to experience a sense of ease and hospitality, you’ll want to make sure your linen closets are stocked and prepared upon arrival.

Open shelves with baskets and closed drawers can hold a variety of soaps, lotions, and shampoos so that everyone can have their favorites and maybe even enjoy trying something new.

Make sure that you also have shelves filled with plenty of extra pillows, towels, blankets, and sheets so that they’re readily available to help make everyone feel more comfortable.

Don’t forget to leave some open areas in the linen closets to that guests can store any toiletries or extra items they may bring!

3. Making the Most of Guest Rooms

You may not have lots of extra storage space available in your vacation home, so you’ll want to make the most of the space available in the guest room. 

When you don’t have guests visiting, this space can serve as extra storage for your own needs. But you want to make sure there will be plenty of space for everyone and their belongings once guests arrive.

One of the best ways to make full use of the guest room is to incorporate closet system solutions like hanging rods, drawers, and open shelves, so that you make good use of the available wall space and create plenty of storage opportunities for everyone.

To get a FREE custom closet design for your vacation home, just visit us online!